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Re:Theories on why COVID19 is fatal to some and only mildly ... by thedudeabides5 on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @09:39AM (#22748366)
Here are two papers that provide data suggesting temp and humidity are real factors.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3551767

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3550308

Seems like a lot of people staring at correlations without a lot of causal reasoning (why is hotter, wetter climate worse for the virus? Is it because of more background bacteria? Is it just a way to find the omitted variable of exposure to sunlight etc etc).

That being said, pretty maps!

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Re:Theories on why COVID19 is fatal to some and only mildly ... by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @09:40AM (#22748374)
I understood that ultraviolet light is a good sterilizer. There's more light in summer. Maybe that covers it.
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